One of the best showers of the year.
The Perseids can peak at 100 meteors an hour in dark skies. This
shower also occurs during warm, summer nights in the northern
hemisphere. These meteors tend to be bright and leave nice trails as
well. Late night until dawn visibility.

Not the best or brightest shower, but
the Draconids start earlier in the night as Draco rises just around
nightfall in the north. On rare occasions the dragon rears its
head and breathes fire and a large shower happens.

The Leonids last through mid-November
and peak at about 15-20 meteors an hour.

The Leonids are famous for producing
some of the best meteor storms ever. The last occurred in 1966 and
witnesses claim that thousands of meteors per minute were streaking
through the sky for about 15 minutes. Leonids storms happen every
33-34 years on average but the last one was nothing like 1966. Peak
viewing will be from midnight to dawn on the 17th and the
18th.